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President Herbert Hoover battled the Bonus Army. In 1932, a group of World War I veterans known as the Bonus Army marched to Washington, D.C. to demand early payment of their military bonuses. Hoover ordered the eviction of the protesters from their makeshift camps, leading to a violent clash with the federal troops.
They were nicknamed The Bonus Army
Unemployed World War I veterans marched on DC in the summer of 1932, seeking early payment for service compensation.
It turned public opinion against President Hoover.
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During the Depression ww1 veterans marched on Washington to demand their bonuses to be paid.
In 1932, World War I veterans marched in protest in Washington. They were angry because Congress had delayed payment of their promised bonuses. The march ended with the veterans receiving their bonus pay.
Veterens of WWI who wanted the pay promised to them for their service.
allowed federal troops to remove the Bonus Army with great force
The bonus army
He sent the U.S. army to chase them out of Washington D.C.
Veterans of World War I, or what it was known of at the time, The Great War. Also their families and supporters.